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A unique, YA additional to the sparse male friendship genre

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

November 26, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

A while back I was trawling for books about male friendships, which is surprisingly (or not) a pretty tall ask. There’s like, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. If you narrow it further, and look for ownvoices it’s even more sparse. That being said, books about female friendships? DIME A DOZEN, in every flavor you’d like (toxic, childhood, best, broken, lifelong, etc etc). One note that was promising–when looking for stories about male friendships, I did run into a wealth of novels about friendships-or-not-friendships-that-turned-into-love. It’s amazing that the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Adib Khorram

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:160 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Adib Khorram ·
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We all deserve better.

Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram

January 2, 2021 by bonnie Leave a Comment

I read Darius the Great Is Not Okay last year, prepared to LOVE it, and really just liked it. That’s not an indictment of the book–it was a good book! I was curious to see where Adib Khorram would take the story next, and as it turned out, he really dug deep into the characters. Darius Kellner has returned from his spring trip to Iran. He’s still best friends with Sohrab and has joined the soccer team at school. He’s made friends. He’s gotten a […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Adib Khorram, bonnie, LGBTQIA

bonnie's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Adib Khorram, bonnie, LGBTQIA ·
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